Love Him Wild (On The Market Book 3) by E.M. Lindsey

Author:E.M. Lindsey [Lindsey, E.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Parker found his husband in their workout room, balancing on his forearms and balls of his feet in a long, lithe plank. He could see the faint tremble of his strain, and beads of sweat had already begun to pop up across his forehead, but his eyes were closed, and he looked serene.

“Can I help?” Parker asked, padding barefoot across the warmed, wooden floor.

Ronan said nothing until he had finished his count, then slowly lowered to his stomach. “Help me turn over and stretch my hips?”

Parker took Ronan by the thigh and helped ease him onto his back, then settled between the V of his legs and hooked one of Ronan’s knees up over his shoulder, holding the other one by the crook with his hand.

“How bad is it tonight?”

“Not terrible,” Ronan confessed. He was still stiff and struggling to move himself as Parker leaned forward, spreading his husband’s legs first wide, then toward his chest. He knew Ronan’s breaking point and stopped shy of it. “You can go further.”

“Maybe tomorrow,” Parker told him softly. “You walked a lot tonight.”

Ronan grumbled, but he didn’t argue, just took a few breaths and rotated his feet at the ankle until the trembling in his calves eased. “Are you thinking about him?”

Parker eased Ronan’s legs straight, then pressed his hand to the outside of his hip and hovered over Ronan’s chest. “Are you?”

“Don’t deflect my question,” Ronan ordered, never one to hesitate with calling Parker on his bullshit.

In truth, Parker was thinking about him. He’d been thinking about Jonas since the man walked away. His heart ached for him, and his head hurt, because it felt like there was an inevitable crash all of them were powerless to stop, no matter how far back they saw it coming.

“Do you think he was abused?” Parker finally asked.

Ronan let out a heavy breath and draped one hand over his eyes. “Yes? Maybe? God, I don’t have enough experience to know.”

Parker nodded. He didn’t have personal experience, but he’d been trained to recognize signs in his patients, and Jonas has some. Maybe not all, but the man clearly struggled to break free of someone who had too much power over him.

“We can’t just ask him to give up his life, though,” Ronan said after a too long moment of silence.

“I know.” Parker settled his knees on either side of Ronan, then straddled him. They were both soft beneath their sleep pants, but it felt good all the same to thrust a little, rub himself against his husband. Ronan groaned and took him by the hips, his eyes wide and pupils dilated.

“I’m confused.”

Parker looked down at the flush on Ronan’s cheeks, and he leaned in to kiss him. “Are you afraid?”

“I don’t…” Ronan started, then shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut. “I should be. I feel like I should be terrified. I’m not supposed to feel this way.”

“Says who?” Parker asked him.

Ronan gave him a flat look, then lifted Parker’s hand and kissed his wedding band.

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